"?Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that a pair of English players feature prominently in the short list of players he wishes he could have bought in his career, admitting that he once tried to bring Steven Gerrard to Italy.
Answering readers' questions for "?FourFourTwo, the Bayern Munich manager was asked about players he regretted missing out on in the transfer market, admitting that he had been forced to let a few big fish slip away.
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"I tried to sign Steven Gerrard from Liverpool when I was at Milan," he revealed, "but it just wasn't possible. I was close to taking Roberto Baggio to Parma, but I didn't because he wanted to play in a different position than the one I wanted him for.
"Today I can say it was a mistake, but back then I didn't want to change my system. Now, with more experience, I could say, "?OK, no problem "? we will try to find a position for him.' In Italy I would also have loved to manage Francesco Totti. It would have been interesting to manage Wayne Rooney, too."
The former Chelsea boss also admitted that he would be open to managing England in the future as well, saying: "At this moment I would prefer to have a club, but maybe in the future. England? Why not? I would have no problem doing that."
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He also talked about his Milan side's famous defeat to Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final, saying: "I look back at this quite often, but I don't think there is anything I could have done differently. It was all about six minutes.
"We played for 114 minutes; Liverpool played for six minutes. That's the truth of it. It was a very strange game. You know, I took this Milan team to three Champions League finals, and 2005 was actually the best we played "? but it was the only one we lost!
When asked if his team began to celebrate when they were 3-0 up at half-time, he said: "No, no, this is bulls**t. Bulls**t! We were very happy because we had played a fantastic first half, but we knew we had another half to play. Even at 3-3 we should have won it in the last minute when [Andriy] Shevchenko had a chance in front of goal, but [Jerzy] Dudek saved it."
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